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New Member
United States
31 Posts |
I see the term harshly cleaned used often around here. Here is a really harshly cleaned coin. It still has some mint luster on it. What a shame. The only good part is I got it for face value.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
620 Posts |
Well you cant go wrong buying Morgan dollars for $1.00 each. And I agree looks to have been cleaned. But at one time the cleaning of coins was pretty much done by all dealers and amny collectors. IMHO many of the Silver dollars for sale have been cleaned more than once. Remember when baking ssoda and water was a accepted way to clean coins? Or what about soap & water and a soft toothbrush? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36770 Posts |
This one looks wire brushed. No longer collectible, now just bullion silver.
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Valued Member
United States
275 Posts |
Ray I'd be happy to have that coin in my collection. Saying that it isn't collectible is wrong. It still has the Morgan lines and is in really good shape. Cleaning can remove the mint lustre but I think that luster is over rated and ebay will agree with me. I think that the proof seekers are wrong in trying to belittle what they deem lesser grades to increase the value of their coins. If people keep melting their cleaned coins, soon there will be only "better" coins out there. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1511 Posts |
 I'd be happy to have it my collection, if it's a date I don't have condition doesn't matter so much... Maybe eventually I can switch out coins for better grades, but if I can see the date it'll go in the album. And for a buck you can't got wrong! That's just IMHO, I'd love to find that coin for $1 I actually got an 1880 Morgan today, not the best but in VF-EF, not as shiny as that one, but I still love it.. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
Can you really ever be disappointed with silver at face value?
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Valued Member
United States
150 Posts |
WOW! Any silver is awesome at face. May I ask how you got a Morgan at face?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1547 Posts |
Quote:Well you cant go wrong buying Morgan dollars for $1.00 each. LOL! I think I'd have offered 50 cents. A guy has to make a profit!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2541 Posts |
There isn't any mint luster left due to the harsh cleaning, but for one dollar I say you got the deal of the month on that one!
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New Member
 United States
31 Posts |
In the late 1950's when I was making fifty cents an hour at a part time job I started collecting silver dollars. There were two banks in town. I would buy $50 worth of dollars in one bank. Take them home and keep the ones that I wanted and get paper for the duplicates at bank two. This way I didn't see the same coin twice. I looked through several hundred. The coins were well mixed by date and MM so these all were probably circulated to some extent. I managed to collect 73 Morgans and 21 Peace at face value.
It was seriously brushed to make a belt buckle. Fads in coins have changed quite a bit over my lifetime. The belt wore out and since silver dollars were still available at face from the bank I got another face value coin. You should see my Indian head tie clip with one coin notched to accommodate the other soldered to the tie bar. I know "What is a tie clip?"
It may have been abused, but since it is the only 1904P that I managed to find it will continue to fill a void in my collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I at least know what a tie clip is. But Ray, when you get your time machine working, please allow me to come along with you to the 1950s. You see, I was too stupid to do what you did back then, and I could use some silver dollars at face value, too!
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Posted 08/04/2012 8:06 pm
